Barber Has Home Away From Home

New York Giant running back Tiki Barber figures he has an advantage over other players here.

“I have my brother’s house, I can go to and get away,” Barber said. “I’ll go there every night.”

Barber’s twin, Ronde, plays cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“We had dinner the other night. Pasta, broccoli, shrimp, a bottle of merlot.

“It’s relaxing, almost like I’m at home. It’s not like being on a road trip because I can get out of the hotel and be at home somewhere.”

The brothers are used to doing things together. (When they played at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, they were known as the Barbers of C-ville.)

Now Tiki is in the Super Bowl without Ronde.

“He’s a little jealous,” Tiki said.

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A local television reporter was trying to stump players with questions such as “Who was Raymond James?” She picked the wrong target in Giant cornerback Jason Sehorn.

Raymond James Stadium is named after a financial services company.

“Kind of like Charles Schwab,” Sehorn said, getting in an extra commercial for the investment company he endorses.

Sehorn and Raven tight end Shannon Sharpe have gotten a lot of attention for the Schwab commercial in which Sharpe engages in financial trash talking, to Sehorn’s chagrin.

Now they’re actual opponents.

The Ravens’ Tony Siragusa only scoffs.

“I don’t think Shannon knows what a mutual fund is,” he said. “I don’t know how he got that ad.”

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Raven quarterback Trent Dilfer is known for his emotionalism, and he cried on the field after the AFC championship.

“I wish he’d cry a little less,” Sharpe admitted. “He probably wishes I’d talk a little less.

“But him and Dick Vermeil would get along real good.”

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The Ravens scored more than twice as many points as they gave up this season, 333-165.

The last five teams to do that all won the Super Bowl: St. Louis in 1999, Green Bay in 1996, Washington in 1991, Chicago in 1985 and San Francisco in 1984.